HP Pavilion 173 notebook

I am between these three laptops below, an HP, or a Dell with the touchscreen. The HP seems to have more power, for a better price, but I am not laptop savy so I need some help...below are the links to the two computers I am looking at. http://www.qvc.com/qic/qvcapp.aspx/view.2/app.detail/params.item.E165996.desc.Dell-Studio-173-Touch-Notebook-4GB-RAM-320GB-HD-Win-7# http://www.qvc.com/qic/qvcapp.aspx/view.2/app.detail/params.item.E165707.desc.HP-DV7-173-Intel-P7550-6GBRAM-640GBHD-DVDRW1GB-Graphics http://www.qvc.com/qic/qvcapp.aspx/view.2/app.detail/params.item.E165748.desc.HP-DV7-173-Notebook-6GB-RAM-500GB-HD-Blu-ray-Win73YR-McAfee

HP and Dell are both good companies.. and HP recently completely redesigned their laptops. The reason the Dell is more expensive is because it features Intel's newer processor, the i3 core series, which is the best processor out of the three. The second HP you listed offers a core 2 duo, the previous generation... however, the HP has 6gb DDR3 RAM as opposed to the Dell's 4gb. The third HP has 6gb DDR2 Ram (slower than DDR3) and features an AMD dual core (worse than Intel's dual core line as far as performance goes) but also has a Blu-Ray which accounts for its price. All of this might not make a lot of sense, but to put it fairly simply, the Dell will handle lots of applications running at the same time better than the HP, but both HPs can handle less applications with ease and speed. Its about what you plan on using them for.. and if you value Blu-Ray. Have you tried configuring them yourself on dell.com and hp.com? These seem very high priced for their specifications.

Operating System: Genuine Microsoft® Windows® 7 Home Premium with Service Pack 1 (64-bit) Audio:     Beats Audio with the HP Triple Bass Reflex Subwoofer Keyboard:     Full-size island-style keyboard with integrated numeric keypad Mouse:     Touchpad supporting Multi-Touch gestures with LED border accent light and On/Off button Webcam:     HP TrueVision HD Webcam with integrated digital microphone Ethernet:     Integrated 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet LAN (RJ-45 connector) Wi-Fi:     Wireless LAN 802.11b/g/n WLAN Bluetooth:     No Modem:     No Multimedia Card Slot:     Digital Media Card Reader for Secure Digital and Multimedia cards Ports:      * 2 SuperSpeed USB 3.0 * 2 USB 2.

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The HP has 6gb DDR2 ram and a AMD turion II dual core M520 processor. The Toshiba has the i5, and 4gb DDR3 ram. the 6gb ram is tempting, but would the DDR3 make them comparable? And the i5 seems hands down the better processor... http://www.qvc.com/qic/qvcapp.aspx/view.2/app.detail/params.item.E219968.desc.Toshiba-173Core-i54GB-RAM-400GB-HD-NotebookLexmarkPrinter http://www.qvc.com/qic/qvcapp.aspx/view.2/app.detail/params.item.E165748.desc.HP-DV7-173-Notebook-6GB-RAM-500GB-HD-Bluray-Win73YR-McAfee

There are so many good products in the market its really difficult to choose one but I made up my mind to choose this and guess what I am very much satisfied 1)P Pavilion dv7-4070us 17.3-Inch Laptop *Intel Core i5-450M processor 2.40GHz with Turbo Boost Technology up to 2.66 GHz; 4GB DDR3 System Memory (2 DIMM) - Max supported = 8GB *17.3 inch diagonal HP BrightView HD+ LED Display (1600 x 900) *Brushed aluminum finish with the stream design in argento; HP TrueVision Webcam with integrated digital microphone *Integrated 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet LAN (RJ-45 connector); Wireless LAN 802.11b/g/n WLAN 4 Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2.0, 4th port shared with eSATA; 1 HDMI; 1 eSATA + USB 2.0; 1 VGA (15-pin) ; 1 RJ -45 (LAN) http://www.amazon.com/HP-Pavilion-dv7-4070us-17-3-Inch-Laptop/dp/B003KN3IYY/?tag=sdhrhiaiaa-20 2)SUS N61JV-X2 16-Inch Versatile Entertainment Laptop (Dark Brown) *Intel Core i5-430M Processor 2.26 GHz with Turbo Boost Technology up to 2.53GHz *4GB of DDR3 1066MHz SDRAM, 2 slots, 8GB Max *500GB Hard Drive (7200 RPM); Super Multi Optical Disk Drive; Wi-Fi 802.11 bgn (bluetooth not included) *16-Inch HD LED LCD Display; 2.0MP Webcam; HDMI Port; NVidia GT325M Graphics Engine with *1GB DDR3 Dedicated VRAM *Windows 7 Home Premium (64 bit) Operating System http://www.amazon.com/N61JV-X2-16-Inch-Versatile-Entertainment-Laptop/dp/B00352LQYO/?tag=sdhrhiaiaa-20 Also check out at ebay there are many good reatilers selling this product at good price http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?ff3=4&pub=5574865779&toolid=10001&campid=5336440665&customid=sdhrhiaiaa&mpre=http%3a%2f%2fshop.ebay.com%2fi.html%3f_nkw%3dlaptop%2bi5%26_sacat%3d0%26_dmpt%3dLaptops_Nov05%26_odkw%3dlaptop%2bi5%26_osacat%3d0%26bkBtn%3d%26_trksid%3dm270

AMD Radeon HD 6750M switchable graphics with 1024MB GDDR5, up to 4085MB total graphics memory... And here is the laptop in question: http://www.qvc.com/qic/qvcapp.aspx/view.2/app.detail/params.item.E168121.desc.HP-173-Notebook-AMD-A8QuadCore-6GBRAM-640GBHDand-Software

Its not a bad card at all, you will probably run into CPU problems (considering the 1.5ghz normal / 2.4 turbo A8) in WoW and most flash games before maxing out that card.

my parents said they would get me a laptop for graduation but I really don't know which one is better so can someone please help me out. http://www.qvc.com/qic/qvcapp.aspx/view.2/app.detail/params.item.E166560.desc.HP-173-6GB-RAM-640GB-HD-Blu-ray-9-cell-4-YrMcAfee http://www.qvc.com/qic/qvcapp.aspx/view.2/app.detail/params.item.E167219.desc.HP-173-Notebook-Intel-Core-i3-4GB-RAM500GBHDBlu-ray-Win7

I would Recommanded to go with Second one laptop

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